…and it ain’t exactly haute cuisine. FRANCE PREPARES FRESH CARBON TAX PLANS France renewed efforts on Wednesday to become the first big economy to tax harmful carbon emissions, with the government due to thrash out new plans for the measure to curb climate change. The tax is aimed at encouraging French consumers to stop wasting energy [The French consumers could start by not wasting their energy voting.], but the court ruled that too many exemptions created inequalities and unfairly placed the burden of cuts on a minority of consumers. Sarkozy had fiercely defended the measure in the face of strong … Continue reading Look What the French Are Cooking Up…